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Sooooooooooo want to NP this. It's such a pretty car. But even as cheap as this example is, there are just too many problems and projects that I wouldn't even know where to start with it.

I'm going CP on this one, but it's not going to be a "blasphemy-sacrilege-heresy" rant that would be expected for this car.

I'm generally not the kind of person to back down simply because of such a small hiccup as a salvage title. I've had plenty of friends buy and drive perfectly useable vehicles for these kinds of deals because of the tainted title.

My Side of the Mountain too, for sure. That was in the Catskills too, if I'm not mistaken. I didn't realize it when I was in 6th grade when I read it, but it's right about in our neck of the woods.

I will say this: automotive paint is a frigging art. Seriously. I bought a middle-of-the-range HVLP spray gun for my 50-gallon compressor, drip-catcher, clean suit, the whole nine yards a few summers ago. My dad and I even built a spray booth out of 6-mil sheeting, complete with A/C vents and lighting, in his

Wow, I haven't thought about this book in years. I liked a lot of the books I read in school but this one I remember as being especially good. A solid survival story with some actually truthful elements to it.

Gee golly is this a close one. There's so much to love and yet so much to be afraid of.

I definitely get the drawbacks to this car. You've given lots of good examples of reasons not to get it, or at least not to pay this much for it. I understand that this is from the time when VAG was really started going nuts with over-complexifying their cars, especially the really hot ones. And you'll be paying a

Buy buy buy! Graverobber, I think you picked this bad boy out to call us to account for all our incessant whining. "I wanna wagon!!!! waaahhhhh!!!!! I wanna manual!!!!! wwaaaaaahhhh!!! I want AWD!!!!! waaahhhh!!!!" Well, here it is guys. Stand up for yourselves and NP this. I sure as hell am.

Baahaahaa! The first thing I thought when I opened the page was: "at least it's not donked." <scrolls down> ...Oh well...

At first glance this seems like a pretty cool rat rod. And then you scroll down through the pictures and it just gets worse... and worse...

Good way to start off my week, Graverobber. It sounds like the seller knows what he's got and he's pricing it accordingly. And what he's got is a 33-year old piece of paper with "SALVAGE" stamped on it in faded red ink, with a car to match. But for $2,000, can you really go wrong? It's got a sweet paint scheme

You've made an interesting point that I hadn't thought of before. I've been doing some volunteer construction work at a local place that has a long gravel driveway off a dead-end road. The driveway is pretty rutted and narrow in places, and I'm pretty sure it's not on any GPS map, or even on Google Maps. So when my

Heeelllll no. This price isn't quite high enough to be a typo, but every few seconds my brain reboots and says, "wait, maybe they meant $4,500, or $3,500..." But there's no way this could possibly be worth $7,500.

This is a little too homebrew for me. From the misaligned stickers in the engine bay to the rusty roll cage and handbrake that must have been taken from a carnival ride, to the soft top that's sure to be flappin' in the breeze, it just doesn't have the feel of a quality build.

Oooh fun; lots of reading material there to keep me occupied. It seems like a great engine for the car, and they give some really great, easily understood explanations about the LS3. Definitely an awesome project, with some great glamour shots included with the documentation photography. Thanks for sharing!

I definitely agree that something with 8 cylinders from the General is inherently a better powerplant for a cruising machine. However, I'd be afraid that something that torquey would make this car even more prone to folding itself in half. True, the 13B isn't going to sound great buzzing down the highway or on a

This might be an unpopular answer... I'm waiting for the flood of anguish to roll in regarding the destruction of something so pure... but this seems like a NP to me. Go out, take it on a test drive, and as long as it doesn't turn itself into a pretzel at 3/4 throttle coming out of a corner, it's a rare, interesting,

I dunno. What's wrong with just grabbing a Dodge with a Cummins installed from the factory? I mean, I guess this looks like a clean enough swap, and I can appreciate a massive truck *IF* one will put it to proper use. And *IF* one is using it properly, I can see the need for an oil-burner. But again, why pay a

It certainly looks like at least a modicum of talent went into creating this monsterpiece. If someone with questionable taste wanted to create this for themselves, I don't think it could be done for $12.5K... And so, as much as it hurt, I voted NP.